Wright brought in 15 rebounds to go with 12 points for La Salle (19-7, 8-5
A-10) which ended a brief two-game slide. Tyrone Garland added 14 points and
six assists off the bench and Ramon Galloway had 13 points and seven rebounds.

Xavier Munford dropped in 18 points and Nikola Malesevic and Mike Aaman each
tallied 15 points for Rhode Island (8-18, 3-10) which has lost back-to-back
games. Malesevic also came within a rebound of a double-double.

Rhode Island held La Salle to just 30.4 percent shooting and had twice as
many field goals as the Explorers in the first half. However La Salle trailed
by just a 30-27 margin at the break by owning an 11-0 edge from the free-throw
line.

After halftime the Explorers shot 55.2 percent from the field and knocked
down seven shots from 3-point range to pull away for the victory.

La Salle had a 37-31 edge in rebounds. Rhode Island outscored the Explorers,
34-26, in the paint.